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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Normalized standard scores with a range of 1 to 9. They are status score within a particulur norm group.






2. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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3. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






4. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






5. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






6. A score to which raw scores are converted by numerical transformation ( conversion of raw scores to percentile ranks or standard scores)






7. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






8. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






9. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






10. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






11. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






12. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






13. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






14. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






15. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






16. Edward III - English again becomes the official language of the state -Chaucer - Canterbury Tales - English borrows from Latin and Greek languages - Anglo-French compounds appear (gentlewomen - gentlemen - faithful - etc) - Latin layer of language -






17. State Board of Eduation






18. An affix attached to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of that word.






19. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






20. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






21. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






22. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






23. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






24. Changes in curriculum - supplementary aides or equipment - and provision of specialized facilities that allow students to participate in educational environment to fullest extent possible.






25. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






26. A term coined by Stanovich to describe a phenomenon observed in findings of cumulative advantage for children who read well and have good vocabulary and cumulative disadvantage for those who have inadequate vocabularies and read less and thus have lo






27. Refers tot he measurement consistency of a test






28. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






29. Take frequent study breaks - move around to learn new things - work at a standing position - chew gum while standing - listen to music while studying - skim material first then read in detail






30. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






31. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






32. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






33. Present the whole and teaches how this can be broken down into component parts.






34. Wide Range Achievement Test






35. MSLE instruction requires that organization on material follow the logical order of the language. Sequence must begin with the easiest and progress to more difficult material. Each step must be based on prior knowledge.






36. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






37. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






38. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






39. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






40. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






41. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






42. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






43. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






44. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






45. Shakespeare - Samuel Johnson - first comprehensive dictionary of English - Noah Webster - first dictionary of American English - Oxford Dictionary published in full 1928






46. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






47. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






48. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






49. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






50. A score that describes student performance in terms of the statistical performance of an average student at a given grade level. Ranges from K.0 to 12.9 Are not a dependable representation of progress